Mellie Bridewell of Lake Village recently was selected as one of 15 health care leaders across the nation to participate in the 2019 Rural Health Fellows program through the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). Bridewell is contracted to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership as its CEO through UAMS Regional Campuses. Bridewell has obtained over $10…
Ten years ago, on Jan. 16, 2009, Gov. Mike Beebe stood in the unfinished space we now know as the Hospital Lobby Gallery and said, “This place is magic.” The occasion was the dedication of our new 540,000-square-foot, $200 million hospital.
The Schmieding Foundation in Springdale has given the $4.85 million building that houses the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., vice chancellor for the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, joined Schmieding Foundation President Gilda Underwood and Schmieding Foundation Vice President/Treasurer…
Beginning Jan. 15 through March 15, IT’s Networking Engineering group will be installing new wireless controllers — the appliances that manage UAMS’ wireless access points.
All faculty members are invited to a academic healthcare panel discussion from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Hospital Lobby Gallery.
SAP and ESS Portal will be down for monthly maintenance and reboot on Sunday, Jan. 20 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Applications and nominations are now being accepted for the Chancellor’s Teaching Award. The deadline is Jan. 28, 2019.
Last November, employees at all UA campuses who carry the system’s medical insurance were required to complete a Tobacco Pledge. Those who answered either that they did not use tobacco, or used tobacco but would enroll in a cessation program, avoided an additional tobacco surcharge.
Bollywood Nights, a fundraiser benefiting the Harmony Health Clinic, will be held from 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Metroplex Event Center, 10800 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
Schwanda Flowers, Pharm. D., has been named interim dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy. She is the college’s associate dean for administrative and academic affairs.